Word: barrelful
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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According to Mr. Eaton, M. Trotsky has fallen in love with brown-haired, lovely Anna Naumouv, 19-year-old daughter of a Moscow storekeeper. Léon became so infatuated wth Anna that he tried recently to turn Russia over, lock, stock and barrel, to Grand Duke Nicholas, uncle of the late Tsar. All M. Trotsky wanted in exchange was passports viséd for every country in Europe, so that he and his adored could flit hither and thither outside of Russia...
...American public usually demands from its statesmen an intimate knowledge of past and present lore. But that such an analysis is hasty and superficial is proved rather conclusively by the history of presidential elections, in which coonskin cap, log cabin, and campaign song, to say nothing of the cider barrel, have easily overshadowed in importance the sonorous orations of far-sighted politicians...
...after his hard labors there are many times when a Representative desires to rest reclining. Said The New York World: "The situation demands investigation- and action. Members of Congress, like babies, are least trouble when they are asleep. Five hundred sofas would be cheaper than one good fat pork-barrel grab...
Nevertheless, many guesses were made about the leading topics of the message. The consensus of these predictions favored: 1) tax reduction; 2) agricultural relief; 3) the railroads; 4) no general building or " pork barrel" bill, but a program for the better housing of Government departments at the Capital. Whether or not the President designs to make it so, it is felt that the first of these will stand out. It was not generally agreed whether the President would definitely support the tax plan of Secretary Mellon (TIME, Nov. 19) or favor tax reduction in such general terms as would permit...
...heavy production of petroleum has affected the prices for crude oil less than that of gasoline. The latter is now lower than at any time since 1915; crude oil sold in that year at 60? a barrel, and is now $1.50 a barrel. This disparity results from the fine quality of oil produced in California and the midcontinent; it is light and easily refined, yielding 20% to 30% gasoline, compared with 15% previously obtained by producers. An important factor has also been the improvement of refining methods, whereby the proportion of gasoline obtained from crude oil is higher than previously...